Handmade carved and painted Driftwood Trumpeter Swan measures 17 x 13 x 10, priced at $295. Graceful and dignified with a rustic touch of natural driftwood.

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it has a wingspan of 6 feet!

Trumpeter swans nearly went extinct, primarily due to overhunting for their feathers, meat, and skins. The feathers were particularly sought after for products like powder puffs, hats, and quill pens. Additionally, habitat loss from wetland drainage for agriculture also contributed to their decline.

By 1933, fewer than 70 wild individuals were known to exist extinction seemed imminent until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeter swans around Alaska’s Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010. Thank goodness!

Trumpeter Swans overwinter in the Pacific Northwest and are absolutely majestic.